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Thome goes for career homer No. 500 vs. Colon, Angels

Sep 14, 2007 - 1:43 PM LA Angels (86-60) at Chi White Sox (62-84) 8:11 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- It has been a disappointing season for the Chicago White Sox and their fans.

White Sox slugger Jim Thome can help lift their spirits when he goes for career home run No. 500 against the visiting Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday.

Thome hit his 499th career homer Wednesday and has four blasts in his last six contests, giving him 27 for the campaign. The five-time All-Star has 21 career home runs against the Angels.

Despite Thome's heroics, Chicago has won just eight of its last 31 contests to fall into last place in the American League Central, 1 1/2 games behind perennial cellar-dweller Kansas City (63-82).

Anaheim is on the other side of the spectrum, holding a comfortable 8 1/2-game lead in the AL West over second-place Seattle (77-68).

Thome will take his hacks on Friday against former Indians teammate Bartolo Colon (6-6, 6.72 ERA). The hefty righthander will be making his first start since July 23 after being out with irritation in his right elbow. He has never faced Thome.

The White Sox counter with struggling Jose Contreras (8-16, 5.91). The Cuban righthander's nightmare campaign continued last Saturday when he allowed seven runs - four earned - and 13 hits in five innings, not factoring in the decision against the Minnesota Twins.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    LA ANGELS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 12 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: LAA - BARTOLO COLON, CHRIS BOOTCHECK (5TH), ERVIN SANTANA (6TH) AND
    JEFF MATHIS
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, MIKE MYERS (8TH), EHREN
    WASSERMANN (8TH), BOBBY JENKS (9TH) A

    Sep 14 11:02 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KENDRY MORALES SCORED GARRET ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K MORALES ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: H KENDRICK (.319, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 10:41 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY HOWIE KENDRICK SCORED GARRET ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H KENDRICK ON FIRST, C KOTCHMAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: J MATHIS (.240, 0-FOR-2)

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 10:04 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JUAN URIBE SCORED PAUL KONERKO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J URIBE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D RICHAR (.211, 0-FOR-2)

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 9:47 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY CASEY KOTCHMAN ALLOWED PAUL KONERKO AND JERMAINE
    DYE TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A PIERZYNSKI ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (.229, 0-FOR-1)

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 9:09 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JERMAINE DYE SCORED JERRY OWENS AND JOSH FIELDS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J DYE ON FIRST, P KONERKO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A PIERZYNSKI (.267, 0-FOR-1)

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 9:07 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    LA ANGELS 1 1 2 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: LAA - BARTOLO COLON
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.246, 1 HR, 12 RBI)
    J FIELDS (.229, 18 HR, 56 RBI)
    J THOME (.273, 27 HR, 83 R

    Angels vs. White SoxSep 14 8:20 PM

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